August Avian Happenings As August dawns the breeding season for most summer bird residents of the River is over.. Early migration becomes a steady flow with some species mostly gone by months end... Sherri Leigh Smith
2019.06.18 - Year of the Boot II (The Sequel) Sequels are the bread and butter of Hollywood, so Mother Nature decided to jump on the bandwagon and create a sequel of her own. High Water once again... Lynn E. McElfresh
NOAA's Proposed Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary There are 13 existing national marine sanctuaries in the U.S. and three under consideration by NOAA, including Lake Ontario. - should there be another in our region? Dennis McCarthy
September 2017 Article Revisited: High Water is for the Birds ...writing to convince many of us today, June 2019, that the high water is beneficial when so many are suffering is a different story Sherri Leigh Smith
'59 Forward: An Essay on the St. Lawrence Seaway After 60 Years. The St Lawrence, in its transformation from River to “Seaway”, took on a tone of indifference, of corporate and bureaucratic efficiency, with decisions made at a distance and on a scale far... Craig I. Stevenson
Prehistoric Fish Receiving Help to Return to the River Is that a prehistoric fish? Is it really more than 150 years old? Are lake sturgeon returning to the St. Lawrence River? Kara Lynn Dunn
Hark! the River Awakens...by Richard Withington Hark! The River awakens..Like an old man reluctantly relinquishing the peace and warmth of a thick coverlet after a winter's nap, Richard L. Withington
High Water Updates The River is high this spring. The burning question on everyone's mind is how high will it go? Melissa Barton, Richard Withington & Susan Smith
Don’t Annoy Those Messy Swallows-They Are Hurting Our region is home to six species of swallows ... All catch insects on the wing and are known to birders as aerial insectivores. Sherri Leigh Smith
Kathleen Murphy, and the Gardens of Singer Castle In interview with Kathleen Murphy, who is responsible for the beautiful rose garden at Singer Castle. Patty Mondore
TI Life Happenings in April '19 Check out the Dog-Strangling Vine Video - Have some free time...maybe you can help TI Life! and most of all see some wonderful photographs... yes the River is opening for Summer 2019. Susan W. Smith
Bald Eagle Redux Already in the spring of 2019 more than 150 have passed the Derby Hill Bird Observatory (DHBO )in barely a month of monitoring... Sherri Leigh Smith
A Well-Rounded Perspective Global warming might be a lot more fun if it came with a thermostat. Paul Hetzler